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Nintendo has announced a special dual pack for upcoming Pokemon titles Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. GameSpot reports the package will launch in North America alongside the individual releases on November 21st. The titles arrive in Europe on November 28th, but there’s no official word if the dual pack will …
Read More »Super Smash Bros arriving a week earlier on Wii U in the UK
Nintendo has edged forward the release of Super Smash Bros in the UK. The Wii U game will now be released on November 28th and now, as was previously the case, December 5th. Also now arriving on November 28th will be the game and GameCube controller adapter bundle, the Smash …
Read More »No New 3DS in the West this year as 3DS has not yet reached its potential, Nintendo argues
Nintendo has offered an explanation for its decision to withhold the New 3DS and New 3DS XL from Western markets this year. The reason, boss Satoru Iwata says, is that the company does not yet believe that the current 3DS has achieved its full sales potential outside of Japan and …
Read More »Nintendo introducing pre-loads with Super Smash Bros on Wii U
Super Smash Bros will be the first game that can be pre-loaded onto a Wii U prior to its release. Gamers will be able to pre-order titles both via their console and through download codes purchased in-store. Furthermore, pre-loading will also be added to 3DS at some stage next year. …
Read More »Iwata reveals Nintendo’s first Quality of Life product
Nintendo’s debut foray into what it describes as the Quality of Life sector is a sleep sensor. Such tech has already been popularised by smartphone users, but CVG reports that Nintendo’s effort will use a bedside device that uses radio frequencies to monitor sleeping patterns before sending the data to …
Read More »Iwata makes first presentation since undergoing surgery
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has recovered from surgery on a growth in his bile duct and has returned to work. Reuters reports that the colourful exec this morning presented Nintendo’s most recent financial report – the first time he has appeared before the press since undergoing the procedure in June. …
Read More »Wii U sold 600k units last quarter
Nintendo could be on course to post annual profit
Read More »UPDATED: Wii U sales double year-on-year
Sales of the Wii U in the half year ending September hit 1.12m – over double the 460k sold in the same period the year before. Wii U software sales grew from 6.3m units to 9.4m units. Lifetime sales of the Wii U, which Nintendo describes as enjoying improved sales …
Read More »Nintendo eShop has no parity clause
Plus remote working, self-publishing and other things you might not know about releasing games on Wii U and 3DS
Read More »Nintendo: No minimum sales needed for eShop revenues
Platform holder stresses that sales policy has changed since controversial WiiWare clause
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